diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9012a6bcc..92424d9a5 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name := "kafka-streams-scala"
 
 organization := "com.lightbend"
 
-version := "0.2.0"
+version := "0.2.1"
 
 scalaVersion := Versions.Scala_2_12_Version
 
diff --git a/project/Versions.scala b/project/Versions.scala
index 042d24ad0..4e56ded62 100644
--- a/project/Versions.scala
+++ b/project/Versions.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ object Versions {
   val CuratorVersion = "4.0.0"
   val MinitestVersion = "2.0.0"
   val JDKVersion = "1.8"
-  val Scala_2_12_Version = "2.12.4"
+  val Scala_2_12_Version = "2.12.5"
   val Scala_2_11_Version = "2.11.11"
   val Avro4sVersion = "1.8.3"
   val CrossScalaVersions = Seq(Scala_2_12_Version, Scala_2_11_Version )
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/kafka/scala/streams/KStreamS.scala b/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/kafka/scala/streams/KStreamS.scala
index 15913b830..615b336e7 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/kafka/scala/streams/KStreamS.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/lightbend/kafka/scala/streams/KStreamS.scala
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class KStreamS[K, V](val inner: KStream[K, V]) {
 
   def join[VT, VR](table: KTableS[K, VT],
     joiner: (V, VT) => VR)(implicit joined: Joined[K, V, VT]): KStreamS[K, VR] =
-      inner.leftJoin[VT, VR](table.inner, joiner.asValueJoiner, joined)
+      inner.join[VT, VR](table.inner, joiner.asValueJoiner, joined)
 
   def join[GK, GV, RV](globalKTable: GlobalKTable[GK, GV],
     keyValueMapper: (K, V) => GK,
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class KStreamS[K, V](val inner: KStream[K, V]) {
     windows: JoinWindows)(implicit joined: Joined[K, V, VO]): KStreamS[K, VR] =
       inner.outerJoin[VO, VR](otherStream.inner, joiner.asValueJoiner, windows, joined)
 
-  def merge(stream: KStreamS[K, V]): KStreamS[K, V] = inner.merge(stream)
+  def merge(stream: KStreamS[K, V]): KStreamS[K, V] = inner.merge(stream.inner)
 
   def peek(action: (K, V) => Unit): KStreamS[K, V] = {
     inner.peek(action(_,_))
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/kafka/scala/streams/KafkaStreamsMergeTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/kafka/scala/streams/KafkaStreamsMergeTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..437957f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/lightbend/kafka/scala/streams/KafkaStreamsMergeTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/**
+  * Copyright (C) 2018 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+  */
+
+package com.lightbend.kafka.scala.streams
+
+import java.util.Properties
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
+
+import com.lightbend.kafka.scala.server.{KafkaLocalServer, MessageListener, MessageSender, RecordProcessorTrait}
+import minitest.TestSuite
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization._
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.{KafkaStreams, KeyValue, StreamsConfig}
+import ImplicitConversions._
+import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
+
+object KafkaStreamsMergeTest extends TestSuite[KafkaLocalServer] with WordCountMergeTestData with LazyLogging {
+
+  override def setup(): KafkaLocalServer = {
+    val s = KafkaLocalServer(cleanOnStart = true, Some(localStateDir))
+    s.start()
+    s
+  }
+
+  override def tearDown(server: KafkaLocalServer): Unit = {
+    server.stop()
+  }
+
+  test("should count words") { server =>
+
+    server.createTopic(inputTopic1)
+    server.createTopic(inputTopic2)
+    server.createTopic(outputTopic)
+
+    //
+    // Step 1: Configure and start the processor topology.
+    //
+    import DefaultSerdes._
+
+    val streamsConfiguration = new Properties()
+    streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.APPLICATION_ID_CONFIG, s"wordcount-${scala.util.Random.nextInt(100)}")
+    streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.CLIENT_ID_CONFIG, "wordcountgroup")
+
+    streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, brokers)
+    streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.STATE_DIR_CONFIG, localStateDir)
+
+    val builder = new StreamsBuilderS()
+
+    val textLines1 = builder.stream[String, String](inputTopic1)
+    val textLines2 = builder.stream[String, String](inputTopic2)
+
+    val textLines = textLines1.merge(textLines2)
+
+    val pattern = Pattern.compile("\\W+", Pattern.UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS)
+
+    val wordCounts: KTableS[String, Long] =
+      textLines.flatMapValues(v => pattern.split(v.toLowerCase))
+        .groupBy((k, v) => v)
+        .count()
+
+    wordCounts.toStream.to(outputTopic)
+
+    val streams = new KafkaStreams(builder.build(), streamsConfiguration)
+    streams.start()
+
+    //
+    // Step 2: Produce some input data to the input topics.
+    //
+    val sender = MessageSender[String, String](brokers, classOf[StringSerializer].getName, classOf[StringSerializer].getName)
+    val mvals1 = sender.batchWriteValue(inputTopic1, inputValues)
+    val mvals2 = sender.batchWriteValue(inputTopic2, inputValues)
+
+    //
+    // Step 3: Verify the application's output data.
+    //
+    val listener = MessageListener(brokers, outputTopic, "wordcountgroup",
+      classOf[StringDeserializer].getName,
+      classOf[LongDeserializer].getName,
+      new RecordProcessor
+    )
+
+    val l = listener.waitUntilMinKeyValueRecordsReceived(expectedWordCounts.size, 30000)
+
+    assertEquals(l.sortBy(_.key), expectedWordCounts.sortBy(_.key))
+
+    streams.close()
+  }
+
+  class RecordProcessor extends RecordProcessorTrait[String, Long] {
+    override def processRecord(record: ConsumerRecord[String, Long]): Unit = {
+      // logger.info(s"Get Message $record")
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+trait WordCountMergeTestData {
+  val inputTopic1 = s"inputTopic1.${scala.util.Random.nextInt(100)}"
+  val inputTopic2 = s"inputTopic2.${scala.util.Random.nextInt(100)}"
+  val outputTopic = s"outputTpic.${scala.util.Random.nextInt(100)}"
+  val brokers = "localhost:9092"
+  val localStateDir = "local_state_data"
+
+  val inputValues = List(
+    "Hello Kafka Streams",
+    "All streams lead to Kafka",
+    "Join Kafka Summit",
+    "И теперь пошли русские слова"
+  )
+
+  val expectedWordCounts: List[KeyValue[String, Long]] = List(
+    new KeyValue("hello", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("all", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("streams", 4L),
+    new KeyValue("lead", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("to", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("join", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("kafka", 6L),
+    new KeyValue("summit", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("и", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("теперь", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("пошли", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("русские", 2L),
+    new KeyValue("слова", 2L)
+  )
+}
+
+